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Lutheran Church (Ganja)
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church is a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox church built in Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja in 1902. It is currently used as a puppet theater. History Saints Cyril and Methodius Church at the Ganja Men's Gymnasium, Elizavetpol Men’s Gymnasium is located on the right bank of the Ganjachay River. Initially, this house church was opened in honour of missionary brothers Cyril and Methodius in one of the big halls of the gymnasium by the approval of its director I. Staritskiy on 18 September 1885. Aghasaid-Hussein Agha-Muhammadoghlu, the honorary trustee of the gymnasium, was engaged in the arrangement of the church. Over time, the growth in the number of Orthodoxy, Orthodox students of the gymnasium led to the need to build more capacious church. As a result, on the initiative of I. Staritskiy, the construction of a new church was started in a separate building near the gymnasium. On 20 December 1902, at the grand opening ceremony, the church was consecr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja (; az, Gəncə ) is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonlarının ərazisi, əhalisinin sayı və sıxlığı, səhifə 66. /Azərbaycanın əhalisi (statistik bülleten) Müəllifi: State Statistics Committee, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi. Buraxılışa məsul şəxs: Rza Allahverdiyev. Bakı — 2015, 134 səhifə. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
